Influence of National and International Organizations: Influence of National and International Organizations

Common core state standards is to prepare students for college and the real world.

The new standards help prepare students for the future. Standards are good for teachers to help understand where the student’s level is at. And whether he/she is ready to proceed to the next level, if its not too difficult for them, and if they understand the current level, then they can be promoted to the next level.

The common core state standards helps teachers and students understand where their level is at, no matter where you live or where you move. It’s fair for all students across the nation, its helps students utilize their minds critically and also be on the same page with other students.

I agree with CCSS and I like it because students from any state can have the same level of education and expectations.

I was surprised that 45 states are using CCSS in America. The goal is to be consistent, have clear standards as for what students are expected to learn and be able to do in school subjects. The CCSS started by the NGA, National Governors Association, and CCSSO, Council of Chief State School Officers, was designed to establish a consistent educational standards across the states from K-12 in English and Math. This will help students graduating high school students be better prepared for college and/or their future careers.

The policies of CCSS, common core state standards, is still a working process because many organizations and foundations have supported the development to help states and districts implement the operation. Even though the research has been shared publicly, the nation, state, and the district level has been limited and challenging.

CCSS wants to be nationwide, but all states but come to a mutual agreement as to what should be the common core for the education system. At the state level, CEP, center of education policy, has worked closely with policymakers to produce a survey for state leaders, and have them issue reports about their results. But not all schools in the district level have adopted the CCSS, some district schools are trying to understand both the process and the outcomes of CCSS, specifically the outcomes of CCSS implementations.

I learned from a CCSS twitter group that teachers can make their own assessments, as long as it aligns with the CCSS expectations.

And skipping 20 minutes of reading a day can have a huge effect on your future learning of vocabulary words.

If there was a similar version of a CCSS in China, it will definitely be a working process. As I am in China, the standard for grade 1 English in China compared to America would be different because their mother tongue is not English. Also, Chinese schools put higher emphasis on mathematics from an early age to high school. A grade 9 Chinese student could possibly be equivalent to a grade 12 American student in mathematics.

Some cities and states in China are wealthier than other cities and states, which will affect the outcomes of their standard expectations. A poor or low income neighborhood would not have the same standards as other city neighborhoods, simply because the school can’t afford the school resources for all the students. Some schools may not have access to technology, can not afford foreign English teachers, can not afford qualified math teachers. Many challenges would definitely affect the implementation of a Chinese version of a common core state standards.

If a Chinese student were to move to America in grade 3, then the student would have to overcome quite a few challenges in the English language, if he/she was to have the exact same expectations.

APA citations

URL: http://www.corestandards.org/

Article Title: Preparing America's students for success.

Website Title: Common Core State Standards

URL: http://www.cep-dc.org/displayDocument.cfm?DocumentID=430

Article Title: A Research Agenda for CCSS

Website Title: CEP

URL: http://www.edpolicyinca.org/publications/implementing-common-core-state-standards-california-report-field

Article Title: Implementing Common Core State Standards in California

Website Title: Policy Analysis for California Education

URL: https://twitter.com/CommonCoreQs

Twitter Account: @CommonCoreQs